Hello fellow gamespotters and friends. I know its been a while and I'm sure you're all wondering where I am, but I'm still alive, just not as active as I used to be. I have been up to a lot of gaming lately, but its been drastically cut since I've cut back on buying things due to the economy and a much smaller wage now from my employer. But here's some things I have been up to.

I've FINALLY gotten back to my Wii! I havn't played that thing in so long its not even funny. I started playing Mario Galaxy again after seeing that there is a Super Mario Galaxy 2 on its way (It looks amazing by the way). I forgot how fun it was and how much of a joy it was to play. The game is still gorgeous to me too, I can't get enough of its graphical look. I also rebought Zelda: Twilight Princess because after seeing it on Xplay as Adam and Morgan's number 4 game of all time, I felt some crazy urge to play it again. Except since my wii got fried a few months ago by lightening, I had to get a new one and I have to start all over again, same with mario galaxy. I'm stuck trying to get the f***** fish for the cat that ran away from that one shop owner and I've waited several minutes to get a bite and no luck. Sucks, but I'll get through it. I'm still deciding wether or not to get the Conduit, but its not a high priority of mine, so its unlikely.

E3 was great. I watched two of the press conferences on TV, and Microsoft literally went in guns blazing. I mean it had Mass Effect 2, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2, APB finally showed in depth, its motion sensing camera, etc. Nintendo improved too, with giving us Mario Galaxy 2, The Conduit impressions, New Super Mario Bros Wii with four player coop, a new Zelda hit for 2010, DSi info, and some new hardware components. Sony showed us God of War III, which is what could have made it the top conference easily, but I still prefered microsoft. Oh not to mention The Beatles Rock Band.

Foreign trip. I went to China a few weeks ago for business for two weeks. It was fantastic! We also did a lot of sight seeing and went to the Great Wall and The Forbidden City in Beijing and also the Summer Palace.Each of those were so beautiful.We had to make stops in Xian and Shanghai too. Shanghai should have been assumed since its the business capital of the world! Xian was a bit run down and an all out slum in some places, but wasn't bad. Shanghai was amazing with its lit up buildings and extremely high buildings. We even when to the top of this one building shaped like a can opener that was 100 floors high! It was incredible I couldn't see any small buildings on the ground and only the tops of sky scrapers and hotels. I urge all of you to go there at some point, either Beijing or Shanghai, its so worth it.

Well thats all gamespotters. Hopefully I can post something soon. I havn't been too public since Jeff Gertsmanns firing, and I think its built up over the years. I haven't unfortunately maden too many stops on Giantbomb.com though, and I really need too. So who knows if this will be my last blog or not. I'll make a farewell address to you all if I decide to retire from gamespot. For now stay on the lookout. Later spotters